Match Report
The table read 8th (Atlético Tucumán, 40 pts) against 2nd (Estudiantes, 27 pts), 13 points apart. The last five rounds placed Estudiantes no better than 35th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Atlético Tucumán ran at 1.04 scored and 1 conceded, Estudiantes at 1.36 and 0.64.
Atlético Tucumán arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 1 Atlético Tucumán win, 2 for Estudiantes, 4 draws, at 1.86 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 14% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro in San Miguel de Tucumán (capacity 32,700). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.